welcome to the beat. i m katie fang, in for ari melber. we begin with the disturbing, violent rhetoric that s surging on the far right about a quote civil war. the new york times reporting, talk of civil war ignited by the mar-a-lago search, is flaring online. that search happened on august 8th. just hours after trump made the search public, mentions of civil war on twitter spiked a whopping 3,000%. the times says similar spikes happened on facebook, reddit, parlor, gab, and truth social. of course, some trump allies are fanning the flames. at a campaign event in arizona, michael flynn talked about governors declaring war. states rights, did you know that a governor can declare war? a governor can declare war, okay? and we re going to probably see that. that comes after margorie taylor greene said this at a trump rally in michigan. i m not going to mince words with you all. democrats won t republicans dead, and they ve already started the killing. when joe biden g
good evening. tonight the justice department s message to the supreme court, stay out of mar-a-lago documents case. ever since the fbi got a warrant and conducted a court-approved search, finding boxes of documents, including highly classified ones that did not belong to him, the former president has been trying to slow or stop the wheels of justice from turning. which is his right, each about if it means taking it all the way to the supreme court, which he has. today was the deadline for the department of justice to make its case to the supreme court. we ll have details on their filing in a moment. but first, the former president has now also been making new false statements about other former presidents keeping classified documents. he previously claimed former president obama kept millions of documents for himself. now it s obama and bill clinton and george h.w. bush. george h.w. bush took millions and millions of document. to form a bowling alley feesed together what wa
welcome to our viewers. i don t think there will be a recession. if there is, it will be a slight recession. the three largest economies will continue to stall. we believe we are in a stronger position than many other countries when it comes to dealing with global challenges. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. president putin is failing in ukraine. we re going to continue to work to provide air defense capabilities to the ukrainians. the justice department is now urging the supreme court to stay out of this ongoing mar-a-lago classified document saga. i agree with the justice department. these are sensitive materials and you ought to very closely and very carefully manage who has access to them. this is a new hoax, the document hoax. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s wednesday, october 12th. 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. in washington where preside
a debate coming up. john: begin with the supreme court hearing arguments today on what could be one of the most consequential rulings for higher education in decades. hello, john roberts in washington and hello to you this afternoon. gillian: good to be with you, john, on this spooky halloween. john: good to be with you as well. gillian: i m gillian turner. whether to end affirmative action policies in a pair of cases. john: opponents argue the criteria has harmed millions of students, particularly asian-americans. david spunt starts us off live outside the supreme court. did justice brown jackson recuse herself. that s right, because of her position on the harvard board of overseers, and her connections to harvard university. she thought it was best she sits out. there are two separate cases, overall affirmative action affects millions of students across the country and the justices began hearing two arguments three hours ago. started with the case out of the uni
against political opponents? the president believe in the rules of law and the independence of the department of justice. yes or no. it is a no for you. i m answering the question. you may not like it but i m answering the question. bill: or you could just say no. here is what we think we know at the hour. the search was related to a dispute with the national archives over the handling of presidential records is what has been reported. president trump left the white house with thoeps documents in january of 2021. later that year, the national archives contacted the president s team about potential classified information that was missing. dana: fast forward to january. the president voluntary gave more than a dozen boxes. in june d.o.j. visited mar-a-lago to get the transfer of more materials. bill: that s where things start to get murky. the talks broke down over the summer, sometime in june or july. the president disputes that however. federal officials viewed th